Centralization at the national capital or within a business undertaking always glorifies the importance of pieces of paper. This dims the sense of reality.

  • -- David E. Lilienthal 大卫·E·莉莲塔尔

在国家首都或企业内部实行中央集权,总是会美化纸张的重要性。这就模糊了现实的感觉。

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Those who govern, having much business on their hands, do not generally like to take the trouble of considering and carrying into execution new projects. The best public measures are therefore seldom adopted from previous wisdom, but forced by the occasion.

那些管理着大量事务的人通常不喜欢考虑和执行新项目。因此,最好的公共措施很少从以前的智慧中采取,而是因势利导。

I now proceed to demonstrate that the Mexicans are wholly incapable of self-government, and that our liberties, our fortunes and our lives are insecure so long as we are connected with them.

我现在要证明的是,墨西哥人完全没有能力自治,只要我们与他们联系在一起,我们的自由、我们的财富和我们的生活就没有保障。